Maybe this is a different Republic since this article is under the heading ‘Up and Down Broadway’.

(April 25, 1914)
Another big local vaudeville house joined the ranks of the ten centers yesterday, when Resident Manager Al Matson of the Republic Theater received word from Bert Levey, the head of the circuit bearing his name, which controls the Republic Theater, to slash the price of every seat in the house, boxes and loges included, to 10 cents. This will commence with the matinee on next Monday. The same high standard of vaudeville will be maintained. Seven acts with a headline attraction, two comedy first run-montion pitcures and an orchestral concert will make up the bill. The Republic is the fourth house to inaugurate 10-cent prices. The Hippodrome was the first: the Empress followed with 10-cent matinees, then Alphin did the same: and now comes the Republic with 10-cent prices for any seat, any time.

vokoban: I don’t remember Dave’s Music Box being there in the 1960s. My best guess is that it was a bar. The name might also suggest a record shop, but it looks as though the shop windows are blocked- long a legal requirement for bars in California, but a bad idea for a retail shop, so I’m thinking it was not a record store.

It looks as though by 1941 the Republic had become a bus station. This photo shows a pawn shop at 627 S. Main, and the entrance to the All American Bus Lines station is the next door south. I don’t know if it was a remodeling or new construction.

The 1923 Paramount ad is interesting. The only downtown Broadway house listed is the Garrick, but it looks as though Paramount product just dominated the Main Street houses- ten of them between 1st and 7th Streets alone, which was probably close to half of all the operating movie theatres on the strip.

Incidentally, for anybody wondering where Moneta Avenue is, with its four listed theatres, that was the original name of what is now Broadway south of downtown. Until 1920s, Broadway ended at 10th Street. When it was cut through it connected to Moneta Avenue, which was finally renamed Broadway in 1930.

If the address of 649 was not a typo, then my guess would be that the Republic moved up the block to new quarters when that big office building on the northwest corner of 7th and Main was built. 649 S. Main would have been very near the corner of 7th Street.